Second graders investigate rice or gohan as it's called in Japan in a couple of experiments. They tally the results.

Second graders create a modern day dinosaur menu to generate creative ideas regarding what dinosaurs would eat at an imaginary restaurant. They utilize a graphic organizer imbedded in this plan to guide their menu ideas.

Second graders analyze the likelihood of simple events.

Students examine different types of rock art. They analyze them to try to figure out the meaning of the art. They create their own rock art that tells a story. They share their creation with the class.

Second graders participate fully in cooperative learning groups, assuming all the different job roles.

Students increase their reading fluency through one-minute drills. Working in pairs, students read a grade level appropriate text in one-minute intervals. After reading they determine their speed through a word count. Students...

This site comes from the Scholastic website and provides a teacher's guide to writing poetry. This lesson plan is put together very well and provides an outline of the project, learning objectives, assessment information and much more.

Students will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of the lesson in action are provided, along with a teacher's grading...

A printable four-point rubric for use when evaluating oral presentations. The rubric focuses on the specific areas of delivery, content and organization, and enthusiasm and audience awareness. Directions on how to use this rubric as well...

This reproducible resource provides an assessment rubric to be used with students' oral presentations. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4

Teachers will find this rubric useful in the classroom as a means of assessing student writing skills. It has a printer friendly version.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a collection of 55 picture prompts and story starters. Also includes other writing aids, including a rubric, graphic organizers, the writing process, etc. Questions provided by...